Ossoum Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ossoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ossoum (21) may also be a first name.
Ossoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ossoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ossoum is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ossoum? popularity and diffusion
Ossoum is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Ossoum occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Ossoum reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 21 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 7,690,411. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 33 percent live, Lagunes District, where 33 percent live and Zanzan District, where 33 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ossoum
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